11. Corporations do so at their own risk.

Hiring independent contractors is not a great way to run a company. When they leave, they take their knowledge with them. I have had great experience in the mess contracted It workers leave behind. They don't understand the business and in efforts to meet their deadlines and take the money and run, documentation is sparse and shortcuts are taken. They leave a tangled web of a mess that the corporation will spend even more to undo when they are gone.